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Young Investigator Group Electrochemical Conversion

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See the Vacancies box (below) for current employment opportunities. Below that are open Master's thesis/internship projects, and information about possible independent funding opportunities.

We also seek collaborations with academic and industrial partners, in which we can contribute our expertise in materials synthesis, reactor development, catalyst activity testing with analysis of chemical products and degradation processes, and spectroscopic techniques.

Vacancies

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Research internships / thesis projects

The following are current open projects for research internships or thesis projects, primarily aimed at Master's students in Berlin. If interested, please contact Dr. Mayer and include the following information in the e-mail text: explain your specific interests in the project, your relevant background/experience, and your desired type/duration/dates of project (internship, thesis, etc.). State your university and degree program. Priority is given to FU Chemistry students.

  • Degradation study of amine-based CO2 capture sorbents - We are studying how CO2 capture sorbents are affected by electrochemical cycling and O2 exposure, possibly leading to degradation or loss of activity. Desired skills: NMR (1H and 13C) for structure determination, quantitative analysis by chromatography.
  • CO2 electrolyzer database development (student assistant) - We are working to integrate our past data into a common format in order to comply with FAIR data principles and unlock new meta-analysis efforts. Desired skills: Familiarity with Excel, and ideally programming with Python.
  • CO2 electrolyzer automated setup development (student assistant / working student) - We are building an automated setup for accelerating catalyst testing experiments, via integrating and automating control and acquisition components. Desired skills: Programming experience (Python, Labview), background working with DAQ/PLC modules.

Funding, fellowship, internship opportunities

  • DAAD RISE Professional internships
    Research Internships in Science and Engineering. RISE Professional offers summer research internships in Germany to Master’s and Ph.D. students from USA, Canada, Great Britain or Ireland at companies and non-university research institutions with strong relations to industry. RISE Professional is funded by the German Federal Foreign Office.
  • HZB International Summer Student Programme
    Each summer HZB offers undergraduate students the eight-week summer student programme. Students from all over the world get the chance to work on their own research project in close cooperation with scientists.
  • Research in Germany
    Resource for job & funding opportunities